Where does “fokhagyma” come from?

fokhagyma (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian hagyma, from Hungarian -a, from Hungarian -ő — -ing. Added to a verb to form the present...

fokhagyma (Hungarian): garlic

Definitions

  1. garlic

Ancestry of “fokhagyma”, step by step

fokhagyma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian hagyma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianhagymaonion; bulb
2Hungarian-ahis, her, its, -'s, of; -s', of…-s; ago
3Hungarian-ő-ing. Added to a verb to form the present...

via Hungarian fog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianfogto hold; to take; to catch, to capture
2Proto-Ugricpuŋɜ-to grasp, to catch

Words derived from “fokhagyma”

Every word from Hungarian -ő →Every word from Hungarian -a →Every word from Hungarian hagyma →
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